26th Mar 2007 16:22
Rank Group PLC26 March 2007 The Rank Group Plc ("Rank") - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Rank Group Employee Benefit Trust i) On 26 March 2007 the Company received notification from the Trustees of theRank Group Employee Benefit Trust (the "Trust") that, on 19 March 2007, theTrust sold its holding of 202,852 Ordinary 10p Shares in The Rank Group Plc atan average price of 238p per share, thereby reducing its notifiable shareinterests to nil. As the Trust normally waives dividends on its shareholding in Rank it would nothave been entitled to the Special Dividend payment of 65p per Ordinary 10p Sharewhich is payable on 9 April 2007. ii) On 26 March 2007 the Company received notification from the Trustees of theRank Group Employee Benefit Trust (the "Trust") that, on 26 March 2007, theTrust bought 236,900 Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares in The Rank Group Plc at an averageprice of 201p per share, thereby increasing its notifiable share interests to236,900 new Ordinary Shares (representing 0.06% of the present issued sharecapital). By virtue of the Trust Deed, the Executive Directors of The Rank Group Plc aredeemed to be beneficially interested in all Rank shares held by the Trust. Share Consolidation As a consequence of the 18 for 25 Share Consolidation, which became effective on26 March 2007, the individual beneficial interests of the Directors of Rank inthe new Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9p each are as follows: Director: Number of new Ordinary Shares: Peter Johnson Nil Ian Burke 7,200 Peter Gill 7,200 Richard Greenhalgh 4,790 Brendan O'Neill 4,029 Bill Shannon 5,347 John Warren 9,188 Director's Share Purchase On 26 March 2007 the Company received notification from Ian Burke, an ExecutiveDirector, that on 26 March 2007 he purchased 20,100 Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares inThe Rank Group Plc at a price of 199p per share, thereby increasing hisnotifiable beneficial share interests to 27,300 Ordinary Shares. 26 March 2007 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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